United States Girls' Junior Golf Championship

The United States Girls' Junior Championship is one of the fifteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur girls who are under 19 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA handicap index of 9.4 or less. It consists of two days of stroke play, with the leading 64 competitors then playing a match play competition to decide the champion.

The inaugural championship was held in 1949 and was won by Marlene Bauer from a field of 28 entries.

Aree Wongluekiet, now Aree Song, is the youngest winner at 13 years, 99 days in 1999. Hollis Stacy is the only three-time winner of the tournament.

Winners edit

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue
2023	Kiara Romero	1 up	Rianne Malixi	Eisenhower Golf Club (CO)
2022	Yana Wilson	3 & 2	Gianna Clemente	The Club at Olde Stone (KY)
2021	Rose Zhang	6 & 4	Bailey Davis	Columbia Country Club (MD)
2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[1]
2019	Ye Lei	1 up	Jillian Bourdage	SentryWorld (WI)
2018	Yealimi Noh	4 & 3	Alexa Pano	Poppy Hills Golf Course (CA)
2017	Erica Shepherd	3 & 2	Jennifer Chang	Boone Valley Golf Club (MO)
2016	Seong Eun-jeong	3 & 2	Andrea Lee	Ridgewood Country Club (NJ)
2015	Seong Eun-jeong	3 & 2	Angel Yin	Tulsa Country Club (OK)
2014	Princess Mary Superal	37 holes	Marijosse Navarro	Forest Highlands Golf Club (Meadow Course) (AZ)
2013	Gabriella Then	2 & 1	Lakareber Abe	Sycamore Hills Golf Club (IN)
2012	Minjee Lee	1 up	Alison Lee	Lake Merced Golf Club (CA)
2011	Ariya Jutanugarn	2 & 1	Dottie Ardina	Olympia Fields Country Club (South Course) (IL)
2010	Doris Chen	3 & 2	Katelyn Dambaugh	The Country Club of North Carolina (Dogwood Course) (NC)
2009	Amy Anderson	6 & 5	Kimberly Kim	Trump National Golf Club (Old and New Courses) (NJ)
2008	Lexi Thompson	5 & 4	Karen Chung	Hartford Golf Club (CT)
2007	Kristen Park	4 & 3	Ayaka Kaneko	Tacoma Country & Golf Club (WA)
2006	Jenny Shin	37 holes	Vicky Hurst	Carmel Country Club (South Course) (NC)
2005	In-Kyung Kim	5 & 4	Inbee Park	BanBury Golf Club (ID)
2004	Julieta Granada	20 holes	Jane Park	Mira VIsta Golf Club (TX)
2003	Sukjin-Lee Wuesthoff ^[2]	1 up	Inbee Park	Brooklawn Country Club (CT)
2002	Inbee Park	4 & 3	Jennifer Tangtiphaiboontana	Echo Lake Country Club (NJ)
2001	Nicole Perrot	3 & 2	Whitney Welch	Indian Hill Country Club (KS)
2000	Lisa Ferrero	3 & 1	Ina Kim	Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Ghost Creek Course) (OR)
1999	Aree Wongluekiet	2 up	Nancy Abiecunas	Green Spring Valley Hunt Club (MD)
1998	Leigh Anne Hardin	2 up	Brittany Straza	Merion Golf Club (East Course) (PA)
1997	Beth Bauer	4 & 2	Candie Kung	Legends Club of Tennessee (Ironwood Course) (TN)
1996	Dorothy Delasin	5 & 4	Grace Park	Westward Ho Country Club (SD)
1995	Marcy Newton	4 & 3	Andrea Cordova	Longmeadow Country Club (MA)
1994	Kelli Kuehne	5 & 3	Molly Cooper	Meadow Lark Country Club (MT)
1993	Kellee Booth	1 up	Erika Hayashida	Mesa Verde Country Club (CA)
1992	Jamie Koizumi	5 & 4	Alicia Allison	Meridian Hills Country Club (IN)
1991	Emilee Klein	3 & 2	Kimberly Marshall	Crestview Country Club (KS)
1990	Sandrine Mendiburu	3 & 2	Vicki Goetze	Manasquan River Golf Club (NJ)
1989	Brandie Burton	1 up	Carrie Hoshino	Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club (NC)
1988	Jamille Jose	5 & 4	Debbie Parks	Golden Valley Country Club (MN)
1987	Michelle McGann	7 & 5	Lynne Mikulas	The Orchards Golf Club (MA)
1986	Pat Hurst	20 holes	Adele Moore	Peach Tree Golf & Country Club (CA)
1985	Dana Lofland	4 & 3	Amy Fruhwirth	St. Clair Country Club (PA)
1984	Cathy Mockett	1 up	Michiko Hattori	Mill Creek Country Club (WA)
1983	Kim Saiki	2 & 1	Buffy Klein	Somerset Hills Country Club (NJ)
1982	Heather Farr	2 & 1	Carolina Keggi	Greeley Country Club (CO)
1981	Kay Cornelius	2 & 1	Kim Simmons	Illahe Hills Country Club (OR)
1980	Laurie Rinker	5 & 4	Libby Akers	Crestview Country Club (North Course) (KS)
1979	Penny Hammel	2 & 1	Amy Benz	Pleasant Valley Country Club (AR)
1978	Lori Castillo	4 & 2	Jenny Lidback	Wilmington Country Club (DE)
1977	Althea Tome	3 & 2	Melissa McGeorge	Guyan Golf & Country Club (WV)
1976	Pilar Dorado	3 & 2	Kellii Doherty	Del Rio Golf & Country Club (CA)
1975	Dayna Benson	1 up	Kyle O'Brien	Dedham Country & Polo Club (MA)
1974	Nancy Lopez	7 & 5	Lauren Howe	Columbia-Edgewater Country Club (OR)
1973	Amy Alcott	6 & 5	Mary Lawrence	Somerset Hills Country Club (NJ)
1972	Nancy Lopez	1 up	Catherine Morse	Jefferson City Country Club (MO)
1971	Hollis Stacy	19 holes	Amy Alcott	Augusta Country Club (GA)
1970	Hollis Stacy	1 up	Janet Aulisi	The Apawamis Club (NY)
1969	Hollis Stacy	1 up	Jane Fassinger	Brookhaven Country Club (Championship Course) (TX)
1968	Margaret Harmon	3 & 2	Kaye Beard	Flint Golf Club (MI)
1967	Elizabeth (Doll) Story	5 & 4	Liana Zambresky	Hacienda Golf Club (CA)
1966	Claudia Ann Mayhew	3 & 2	Kathleen Ahern	Longue Vue Club (PA)
1965	Gail Sykes	5 & 4	Mary Louise Pritchett	Hiwan Golf Club (CO)
1964	Peggy Conley	6 & 5	Laura MacIvor	Leavenworth Country Club (KS)
1963	Janis Ferraris	2 up	Peggy Conley	Wolfert’s Roost Country Club (NY)
1962	Mary Lou Daniel	2 up	Mary Sawyer	Country Club of Buffalo (NY)
1961	Mary Lowell	1 up	Margaret Martin	Broadmoor Golf Club (WA)
1960	Carol Sorenson	2 & 1	Sharon Fladoos	The Oaks Country Club (OK)
1959	Judy Rand	5 & 3	Marcia Hamilton	Manor Country Club (MD)
1958	Judy Eller	1 up	Sherry Wheeler	Greenwich Country Club (CT)
1957	Judy Eller	20 holes	Beth Stone	Lakewood Country Club (CO)
1956	JoAnne Gunderson	4 & 3	Clifford Ann Creed	Heather Downs Country Club (OH)
1955	Carole Jo Kabler	4 & 3	JoAnne Gunderson	Florence Country Club (SC)
1954	Wiffi Smith	5 & 3	Sue Driscoll	Gulph Mills Golf Club (PA)
1953	Millie Meyerson	4 & 2	Holly Jean Roth	The Country Club (MA)
1952	Mickey Wright	1 up	Barbara McIntire	Monterey Peninsula Country Club (CA)
1951	Arlene Brooks	1 up	Barbara McIntire	Onwentsia Club (IL)
1950	Patricia Lesser	4 & 2	Mickey Wright	Wanakah Country Club (NY)
1949	Marlene Bauer	2 up	Barbara Bruning	Philadelphia Country Club (Bala Course) (PA)

Multiple winners edit

3 wins: Hollis Stacy
2 wins: Judy Eller, Nancy Lopez, Seong Eun-jeong

Future sites edit

Year	Edition	Course	Location	Dates
2024	75th	El Caballero Country Club	Tarzana, California	July 15–20
2025	76th	Atlanta Athletic Club	Johns Creek, Georgia	July 14–19
2026	77th	Old Chatham Golf Club	Durham, North Carolina	July 13–18
2027	78th	Canterbury Golf Club	Cleveland, Ohio	TBD
2030	81st	The Country Club	Brookline, Massachusetts	TBD
2031	82nd	Trinity Forest Golf Club	Dallas, Texas	July 14–19
2032	83rd	Pinehurst Resort	Pinehurst, North Carolina	TBD
2034	85th	Sand Valley Resort	Nekoosa, Wisconsin	July 17–22

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is slated to host in 2035 and 2045.
Oakland Hills Country Club is slated to host in 2038.

Source^[3]^[4]

References and notes edit

^ Major, Beth (April 24, 2020). "USGA Cancels Junior Championships Due to COVID-19". USGA.
^ Wuesthoff moved from her native South Korea to New Jersey as a 12-year-old, moving in and eventually being adopted by an American aunt and uncle. When the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 took effect on February 27, 2001, she automatically acquired United States citizenship, as she was legally adopted by at least one American citizen and was under 18 on the effective date of the Act. However, when she joined the LPGA tour in 2008, the tour listed her as South Korean, indicating that she retained her original citizenship.
^ Morton, Amy (July 11, 2022). "El Caballero Country Club to Host 2024 U.S. Girls' Junior". USGA.
^ Coe, Jonathan (October 17, 2022). "Canterbury to Host 3 USGA Amateur Championships". USGA.

External links edit

Official website

[1] Major, Beth (April 24, 2020). "USGA Cancels Junior Championships Due to COVID-19". USGA.

[2] Wuesthoff moved from her native South Korea to New Jersey as a 12-year-old, moving in and eventually being adopted by an American aunt and uncle. When the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 took effect on February 27, 2001, she automatically acquired United States citizenship, as she was legally adopted by at least one American citizen and was under 18 on the effective date of the Act. However, when she joined the LPGA tour in 2008, the tour listed her as South Korean, indicating that she retained her original citizenship.

[3] Morton, Amy (July 11, 2022). "El Caballero Country Club to Host 2024 U.S. Girls' Junior". USGA.

[4] Coe, Jonathan (October 17, 2022). "Canterbury to Host 3 USGA Amateur Championships". USGA.

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